The current situation in Nanyue is unclear, but the price of food is rising again and again.
I don’t know how much the price will rise to per pound in a few days.
Lin Jiuyue just said that the coarse grains were only sent here yesterday, so it will probably take some time to be delivered. In total, I don’t know how many days have passed.
If we keep waiting for food from Lin Jiuyue's family, I don't know how much the price will rise.
"Jiuyue girl, when can your family's coarse grains be delivered?"
Lin Jiuyue frowned.
Normally, once we send the message over, the food will arrive within a few days.
But now I don’t know when the food will be delivered, and I don’t know whether the other party has any food.
"It usually takes two or three days to be delivered, but I don't know how long it will take now."
After hearing this, all the villagers looked sad.
"Miss Lin, we are all from the same village. Just think of it as helping the villagers and think of a solution."
When Uncle Liu heard this, he turned around and glared at the person who spoke.
"If you can't talk, just shut up! Didn't Jiuyue just say that she would try her best to help us get the food back? If you continue to be so ungrateful, you'll have to get it yourself."
Uncle Liu is quite old, but the people in the village still respect him.
The person who was speaking lost his confidence instantly after being confronted by Uncle Liu.
"Haha, Miss Lin, I was just too anxious and spoke a little harshly just now. Please don't take it to heart."
Lin Jiuyue smiled and shook her head.
"I understand everyone's panic when encountering something like this, but no matter how urgent this matter is, there's nothing we can do. If they don't have food, I can't conjure up food for you, right?"
"Anyway, I will do my best to help everyone buy food."
After talking to the villagers for a while, Lin Jiuyue finally got away and drove the carriage towards the town.
Some villagers didn't want to sit and wait for death, so after Lin Jiuyue left, they also went to the town to see if they could buy food at other grain stores.
As soon as he arrived at the grain store, Lin Jiuyue found Uncle Li.
"Uncle Li, what's going on over there? Have the grains been delivered?"
Uncle Li shook his head.
"Miss, they say the price of grain has increased recently, and the price of coarse grains will also increase by one cent per catty."
Lin Jiuyue frowned.
Business is about making money, so I can understand why they raise prices.
"Just raise the price by a penny, and have them send the food over quickly."
Uncle Li nodded.
"I told them the same thing. They said the food would be delivered today and probably won't arrive at our shop until tomorrow."
Lin Jiuyue breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that the coarse grains would arrive at the shop tomorrow.
"Well, wait until the coarse grain arrives tomorrow. Don't rush to sell it. Many villagers in Shangbei Village want to buy grain. I will see how much they want. After the villagers in Shangbei Village buy it, if there is any left, I will sell it in the shop."
Although Lin Jiuyue sympathized with these people, she could still clearly distinguish between close and distant relatives.
I am just a small person, I cannot manage so many people and I don’t have that much energy.
The only thing you can do is to give priority to people you are familiar with when buying food.
"Yes, miss."
Uncle Li responded and then asked again.
"Miss, after we bring back the food, will we send it directly to Shangbei Village?"
Lin Jiuyue frowned.
If we send it directly to Shangbei Village, our oxcart will have to make several trips. Besides, we don't have that many people to spare.
"Don't send it yet. I'll go back to the village later and take a look at how many people want to buy food."
If there were few people in Shangbei Village who needed to buy coarse grains, he could use an ox cart to transport a cart of them back, but if there were too many people, or if they wanted to buy too much grain, there would be nothing he could do.
"Yes, miss."
After explaining everything to Uncle Li, Lin Jiuyue took Xiyue to a teahouse and asked for a table in the lobby. They ordered a pot of tea and some sunflower seed snacks. They sat in the lobby and drank slowly.
Communications were not well developed in ancient times, but teahouses and other places where people gathered were the best places to collect intelligence.
Not long after Lin Jiuyue sat down, a group of dusty people came in to the teahouse.
"Miss, it's obvious at first glance that these people are not from the capital."
Lin Jiuyue looked at Xiyue with admiration.
This girl’s life in a wealthy family was not in vain. She has quite a good eye.
"Yeah. Keep going."
Xiyue's eyes were always on the group of people who had just entered.
"Miss, I see that some of these people seem to be people who travel around doing business all year round. They probably came to the capital to do business."
Lin Jiuyue glanced at the group of people who had just come in and spoke in a gentle tone.
"Your analysis is very good. Let's listen to what they say."
After saying that, Lin Jiuyue sat down at her seat, drinking tea while keeping an eye on the table next to her.
"Damn it! I thought I could make a lot of money on this trip to the capital, but I didn't expect to encounter a war. We lost a lot of money on this trip."
"Huzi! Speak softly and don't make so much noise."
When the man called Hu Zi heard this, he was obviously a little dissatisfied but still did not refute.
"Brother, we lost a lot of money on this trip. Do we still need to bring the goods back when we return?"
"Bring goods? What goods?! Don't you know there's a war going on at the border? If we bring goods back and lose them, wouldn't that be a huge loss?"
There has been a war at the border. It would be bad if the goods were lost on the way back.
Once a war breaks out, it won't end easily unless one country unilaterally crushes the other.
I don’t know how the Nanyue army is doing and whether they can defend the border.
The man called Big Brother sat on a stool and drank tea sip by sip.
"Alas, there's nothing we can do. We're unlucky this time!"
Fighting has already broken out at the border, but they are all small wars and will not have a big impact on us.
"Brother, are we going back empty-handed this time?"
"What, it's not possible?"
Hu Zi chuckled twice.
"Brother, I'm following you. We'll do whatever you say."
Lin Jiuyue listened for a while and sorted out some useful information from the conversation at the next table.
After the people at the next table left, Xiyue couldn't wait to speak.
"Miss, the border war has really started! Do you think our Nanyue Kingdom can win?"
Lin Jiuyue has been here for so long, but she has not yet studied the national strength of the Kingdom of Nanyue.
"I don't know, but I just heard from those people that there were only some small-scale wars at the border. It shouldn't have any impact."
Gu Chengyan and Qiye are both at the border. If something big really happens at the border, Qiye will definitely write a letter to tell me.
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